2021 Highbow Hill Vineyard Yarra Valley Pinot Noir

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$539.94 6 x 750ml bottle

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SKU: HP21VI-YAPTNOIR6

WINE STYLE

Textured & Savoury
FOOD PAIRING

Mushroom Pasta, Cheese and Charcuterie
95

HIGHLIGHTS

James Halliday Wine Companion 2024

WHY WE LOVE THIS WINE

An incredible quality single vineyard wine from a from an outstanding vintage

95 POINT JAMES HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION 2024

"…lovely, gently fruited, lightly spiced, with fine tannins and refreshing acidity that ensures the finish lingers."
Jane Faulkner, Published 05 June 2023

VINTAGE
2021

GRAPE VARIETIES
100% Pinot Noir

ORIGIN
Highbow Hill Vineyard, Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia.
Located near Dixon’s Creek in the Yarra Valley, Highbow Hill invites consumers into a clear understanding of what the Yarra Valley ﬂoor has to offer. The vineyard blocks are nestled amongst the hill offering a variation in vineyard aspect and micro-climate to provide diversity and complexity in the fruit that is grown there. Grown on sandy loam over clay, there is concentration and plushness in the fruit.

CRAFTING & AGEING
All fruit was hand-harvested when ﬂavour, acid and tannin were in perfect harmony. The fruit was hand-sorted allowing only the best bunches to be used in the winemaking. Whole-berries were cold-soaked before starting natural fermentation. Pressed off when tannin and concentration was at its ﬁnest, it was then aged in 20% new French oak for 10 months. The structural and the savoury nature of this wine shines through which is credit to the sustainable management of Highbow Hill Vineyard.

AROMA & PALATE
This intensely perfumed wine draws you in with classic lower Yarra Valley aromatics of crushed red berries and sweet potpourri. The ﬂeshy, powerful and detailed palate is vibrant and full of red currants, dark red cherry, blood orange and rhubarb with beautifully integrated oak and ﬁne chewy tannin carrying the wine to a long and persistent ﬁnish.

SERVING & FOOD PAIRING
Roasted lamb or duck, beef stew (Bourgignon) and mushroom dishes.
Serving temperature:
13 - 178ºC
Cellar potential: 2034

ANALYSIS
Alcohol: 13% v/v

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THE REGION

Yarra Valley

One of Australia’s premier cool climate wine regions, the Yarra Valley encompasses such diverse topography that it can produce premium quality fruit in a range of grape varieties.

With its stunning hills and dales ranged before a backdrop of blue mountains, elevations vary greatly. The climate is Mediterranean with a maritime influence from Port Phillips.

THE VINEYARD

Highbow Hill Vineyard

Highbow Hill Vineyard is made up of 40 hectares of established vines planted on rolling hills just north of the Yarra Valley. The name Highbow Hill Vineyard is derived from the local landscape feature High Bow Hill, which is the dominant feature on the eastern boundary of the property.

Soils are sandy loam over clay and gravel over mudstone.

The long driveway meanders through the vines to the residence and provides uninterrupted views of the lake-sized dam and surrounding panorama.

THE STORY BEHIND THE LABEL

The Artwork

Bark, Eucalyptus, Gumnuts

The landscape of Highbow Hill Vineyard features established vines planted on rolling hills. Eucalyptus and gum trees are widespread with a diverse range of soils ranging from sandy loam to yellow clays.

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